diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 9a808967a..c04fd7c61 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "kranvagn",
     "Leaderboard",
     "leaderboards",
+    "outdir",
     "outfile",
     "ownedtanks",
     "playerachievements",
diff --git a/scripts/build.ts b/scripts/build.ts
index 9905dda95..5be7d5c57 100644
--- a/scripts/build.ts
+++ b/scripts/build.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { build } from 'esbuild';
 
-console.log('Building bot...');
+const FILES = ['bot', 'index'];
 
 await build({
-  entryPoints: ['src/bot.ts'],
-  outfile: 'dist/bot/index.cjs',
+  entryPoints: FILES.map((file) => `src/${file}.ts`),
+  outdir: 'dist/bot',
 
   platform: 'node',
   tsconfig: 'tsconfig.esbuild.json',
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ await build({
   },
   format: 'cjs',
   jsx: 'transform',
+  outExtension: {
+    '.js': '.cjs',
+  },
 
   bundle: true,
   sourcemap: true,
@@ -23,5 +26,3 @@ await build({
 
   logLevel: 'info',
 });
-
-console.log('Built bot');
diff --git a/src/core/blitzstars/tankopedia.ts b/src/core/blitzstars/tankopedia.ts
index 23d816f22..70d4d4f1b 100644
--- a/src/core/blitzstars/tankopedia.ts
+++ b/src/core/blitzstars/tankopedia.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export interface Tankopedia {
   [id: number]: TankopediaEntry | undefined;
 }
 
-console.log('Caching tankopedia...');
 export const tankopedia = fetch(
   context === 'bot'
     ? 'https://www.blitzstars.com/bs-tankopedia.json'
diff --git a/src/core/discord/manager.ts b/src/core/discord/manager.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..700b47607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/discord/manager.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { ShardingManager } from 'discord.js';
+import { secrets } from '../blitzkrieg/secrets';
+
+export const manager = new ShardingManager(`${__dirname}/bot.cjs`, {
+  token: secrets.DISCORD_TOKEN,
+});
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b68ca4c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { manager } from './core/discord/manager';
+
+manager.on('shardCreate', (shard) => {
+  console.log(`🟡 Launching shard ${shard.id}`);
+  shard.on('ready', () => console.log(`🟢 Shard ${shard.id} launched`));
+});
+
+manager.spawn();